Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd has approached the Centre for partial de-notification of its multi-product SEZ in Mundra, Gujarat, and the proposal will be taken up by the commerce ministry on Friday. The proposal will be discussed in the meeting of the Board of Approval, the highest decision-making body for special economic zones (SEZs). The board, headed by Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal, will meet here tomorrow. "Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) Ltd has requested for partial de-notification of 333.7396 out of 8282.7670 Ha. As regards reasons, the developer has submitted that due to stiff competition in the solar market and severe dumping of solar equipment into India, the units in EMC (Electronics Manufacturing Cluster) are becoming economically unviable within the SEZ," according to the agenda of the meeting. To survive in this difficult market, it has become essential for these units to exit from SEZ, it noted. "In view of this, the constituent units